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A proposal for new coal generation will be scrutinised thanks to a Federal Government grant, with the support of most Collinsville locals.

Global mining giant Rio Tinto has unveiled plans for a large solar farm to feed its new iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Australia's largest hybrid renewable energy microgrid is nearly complete, with gigantic wind turbines being installed this week at the Agnew gold mine in WA.

The turbines will be used as part of a hybrid renewable energy system to power the remote Agnew gold mine in the northern Goldfields.

Plans to build the world's largest solar farm in the Northern Territory receive support from what seems an unlikely ally.

The first leg of the journey from China is complete but workers are now faced with the giant challenge of trucking five wind turbines more than 630 kilometres inland to a remote mine site in Western Australia.

In Queensland's coal heartland, a number of locals are trading in their mining jobs to work in the renewables sector.

The National Party membership will use its federal conference this weekend to pressure politicians to finalise energy policy, and to push for more coal-fired power stations in regional areas.

The National Party membership will use its federal conference this weekend to call for an end to the energy policy vacuum, with more 'clean' coal-fired power stations in regional areas.

The state of Port Augusta, a year after Alinta Energy closed the South Australian coal-fired power station.

The former Alinta Energy power stations at Port Augusta are currently being demolished and the land remediated.